If so, I am interested in obtaining these.  Thanks.


--- On Mon, 5/11/09, RichShumaker <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: RichShumaker <[email protected]>
> Subject: [hexayurt] Hexayurt paper dolls
> To: "hexayurt" <[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 3:04 PM
> If you are going to build one of these Hexayurt things, the
> best first
> step is to build a model.
> That is what I did last year, actually 3 or 4 and they
> really helped.
> Oh and they make an awful hat in my opinion.  I think the
> roof only
> would be a good hat just no sides.
> 
> Anyway I am just about to start that process again.  I
> wanted to find
> out if anyone has made paper doll style cut outs for making
> all the
> Hexayurt models.  Last year I found getting copies made on
> stiff
> cardboard(thickest they had at the copy store) worked best.
>  My models
> were 1 inch = 1 foot so I was able to get 2 - 4 X 8 per
> sheet of 8 1/2
> by 11 paper. Not much cutting.  If you do it at the store
> they have a
> cutter that will shorten the time even more.  To that end
> if you are
> good with a paper cutter you wouldn't need any guide
> lines on the
> paper.
> 
> I originally used 4 X  6 note cards and that was way to
> time consuming
> adding 2" per card.  Also it looked visually messy and
> did not
> represent the real build methodology.
> 
> So has anyone made paper dolls for Hexayurts?
> 
> Rich Shumaker
> 

      

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